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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 86152

A laboratory test that counts a particular type of cell in a fluid sample by using antibodies to pick those cells out and identify them. A common use is counting tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream. The count can be tracked over time to follow how a disease is behaving.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $603 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$234 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$347 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $234 to $955Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $151 to $692
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$660.69

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$251

VT $692DC $186

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.